Sticking with this week's theme of pointless stuff, Rather than look at a single week's Top 40 (4/30/1977), today we'll look at the whole year:
The Long and The Short Of It:
Longest #1 song of 1977 (time): Hotel California - Eagles @ 6:31
Shortest #1 song of 1977 (time): Rich Girl - Hall & Oates @ 2:19
Longest Top 10 song of 1977: Another Star - Stevie Wonder @ 8:09(peaked #32)
Shortest Top 10 song of 1977: Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash @ 2:09 (peaked #7)
Longest Top 40 song of 1977: I Feel Love - Donna Summer @ 5:53 (peaked #6) [ed: excluding #1's]
Shortest Top 40 song of 1977: Telephone Man - Meri Wilson @ 2:01 (peaked #18)
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Longest song title to top the charts in 1977: Theme From 'Rocky' (Gonna Fly Now) - Bill Conti and His Orchestra
Shortest song title to top the charts in 1977: Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Longest song title in the Top 10 in 1977: Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic (peaked #6)
Shortest song title in the Top 10 in 1977: Easy - Commodores (peaked #4)
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Longest Band/Singer to top the charts: Bill Conti and His Orchestra - Theme From 'Rocky' (Gonna Fly Now) [ed: just edged K.C. and The Sunshine Band]
Shortest Band/Singer to top the charts: Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
Longest Band/Singer in the Top 10: Star Wars (Main Title) - John Williams & His Orchestra (peaked #10)
Shortest Band/Singer in the Top 10: Hot - Angel In Your Arms (peaked #6)
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